Ibn Zuhr

Ibn Battuta’s journey across the Sahara was, in one word, harsh. Ibn Battuta was a Muslim teacher and scholar who spreaded the religion of Islam and Muslim culture. Battuta traveled with a caravan of travelers. His journey began at the north edge of the Sahara desert, know as Sijilmasa. He had to travel across the dry desert in the caravan, with little to no water. People got lost in the desert, and then often died, without the resources that the caravan carried. A big part of the hardship

In this passage from Hegel he is saying that freedom is terribly misunderstood in it's formal subjective sense, and has been far removed from its essential purpose and goals. People think they should be able to do whatever they want and that is what freedom is, and that anything limiting there desires, impulses , and passions is a limit of there freedom. Hegel is saying this is not true, but these limitations are simply the condition from which they must free themselves from, and that society and

Utopia and Il Muqaddimah both show the importance of families and social groups in the civilization they live in. Utopian families all have an equal role in the cities they live in; they are a microcosm of their city and its objective to survive; however, in Il Muqaddimah the subjects have the responsibility to help the ruler prosper. Utopians work and in return share what they earn, while subjects work for their survival. Utopians all have an equal work load and subjects hardships depend on their

This paper is an attempt to examine the seeming opposition of religion vs. self-interest with respect to the character of Robinson Crusoe. I will venture to demonstrate that in the novel, Defoe illustrates the contradictions with which Crusoe must contend as he strives to please God while ensuring his own survival in the world. In part, I will endeavor to show that a distorted sense of Puritanism as well as the existing colonial mindset exacerbated this opposition, and resulted in what I propose

Robinson Crusoe parents wanted him to get a job in the close to home but he liked traveling and challenge of adventure. His odyssey started when he left home and his parents. After a series of unlucky and short voyages a storm hit his boat and his destiny threw him away from the rest of the world, in an unknown island that would be his living place for the rest 28 years of his life. But at least he can be thankful to God

Observations on Property in Robinson Crusoe and Second Treatise             People have been fighting over land and possessions since Adam and Eve left the Garden of Eden. But what actually constitutes the ownership of property? In the eighteenth century John Locke and Daniel Defoe addressed this question. In his Second Treatise, Locke defends the rights of people to property and he explains the basis for obtaining and maintaining dominion over it. In Robinson Crusoe, Defoe suggests a definition

1. Mansa Musa’s name literally means King Moses because Mansa translates to King, Emperor, or Highness and Musa translates to Moses. 2. Besides Egypt, Mali has many ancient artifacts for Africa. 3. People believe that it is possible that Africans during this time might have gone across the Atlantic Ocean which was before Christopher Columbus and this is the possible reason that allowed Mansa Musa to take control over the Mali Empire. 4. Mansa Musa took over 14 provinces and 24 cities during his 25

In my essay I will be telling you what I have learned about Mansa Musa of Mali. He was an important factor to African American history and still is. Not to conclude that he is the richest man of all time nobody has ever been worth more money than him. His net worth until this day is 400 billion$ dollars. He gains most of his fortune by exploiting West Africa’s salt and gold production. Mansa Musa was known well for his Hajj journey. Hajj is an Islamic pilgrimage to mecca. But when he went on his

Topping famous personalities such as the entrepreneur Bill Gates and investor Carlos Slim, Malian sultan Mansa Musa is believed to be the wealthiest man that had ever lived on planet Earth. Mansa Musa made a decision to get involved with important trade routes to succeed in making sure the kingdom of Mali attained prosperity. Additionally, the king of Mali was large-hearted, hence deciding that his ample fortune should be shared with many while on his pilgrimage to Mecca. Some may object that Mansa

Mansa Musa, the extremely wealthy king of the Mali Empire stayed in Egypt on his marvelous pilgrimage to Mecca. Musa, a devoted Muslim, is making his pilgrimage to Mecca to fulfill one of the five pillars of Islam. He left Mali with 100 camel-loads of gold and many slaves and servants. He has been very charitable with his money, in fact, according to a Mamluk official, “...he did me extreme honor and treated me with the greatest courtesy. . . . [He sent] to the royal treasury many loads of unworked